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Smalltown Fastpitch, winners of the "Ed White Memorial Fastpitch Softball Tournament" in Petoskey, Michigan; June 5-7, 2009.


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Softball: Smalltown Fast Pitch wins White Memorial



Monday, June 8, 2009 3:12 PM EDT

Smalltown Fast Pitch of Riverside defeated the Cheboygan Merchants, 8-1, Sunday to finish undefeated and win the Ed White Memorial Men’s Class D-E fast pitch softball invitational at Bayfront Park’s Ed White Field.

Smalltown pitcher Browning Chabot tossed a two-hitter, striking out one and walking one, in the championship game.

Lance Northstine, who was named the outstanding hitter in the tournament with a .571 average, had three hits including a double in the final to lead Smalltown, while Robby Prenkert homered and doubled.

Ben Schley’s RBI double and Mike Barber’s single were Cheboygan’s lone hits. Barber allowed seven hits and struck out one in taking the loss.

Smalltown finished 4-0, while Cheboygan and Flynn’s Excavating of Petoskey each finished 3-2. Priority Mortgage of Grand Rapids finished 2-2, BASES of Charlevoix went 1-2 as did Hadeed Dentistry of Ludington. Quizno’s and B.C. Pizza, both of the Petoskey league, finished 0-2.

Chabot was the winning pitcher in all four of Smalltown’s games and was named the tournament’s outstanding pitcher. allowed five runs, 12 hits, struck out 22 and walked four in 21 innings.

Schley and Barber were also named outstanding players. Schley hit .545, while Barber hit .500.

Smalltown opened with a 3-1 win over Flynn’s; then downed Hadeed, 8-5; and topped Cheboygan, 11-3, in a semifinal game. Cheboygan downed Flynn’s in the elimination-bracket final, 11-5, to reach the title game.

Other tournament scores: Cheboygan 10, B.C. Pizza 9; BASES 11, Priority Mortgage 7; Hadeed 7, Quizno’s 6; Priority Mortgage 9, B.C. PIzza 5; Flynn’s 6, Quizno’s 5; Flynn’s 13, BASES 6; Priority Mortgage 10, Hadeed 7; Flynn’s 7, Priority 2; Cheboygan 5, BASES 0.